On Oct. 3 the Marching Greyhounds will be playing at the homecoming football game. The following day, the band is scheduled to travel to Centerville, OH for a competition. The band will be playing the same set that won them a victory at the Lawrence Central Invitational. At Lawrence Central, the marching band won Best Music, Best Visual, and Best General Effect for its performance and expect the next invitational to go just as well.

According to Alan Hill, a student in marching band’s baritone section and junior, the band had spent the whole week before Lawrence Central preparing for the show, and expects the same focus to go into the preparation for the invitational at Centerville.

Kristen Pileri, drum major and junior, said, “Since we were so excited for last Saturday’s show and didn’t get to perform a final performance, in this coming performance we will be focused and more prepared in showing everyone what Carmel is all about.”

Because of the band’s schedule, they will have to miss the homecoming dance on Oct. 4. Instead, members can attend the alternate bandcoming dance on Oct. 17. “We miss homecoming because of our performances so it’s just been a tradition for marching band,” Pileri said.